Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom.

The match between Manchester United and Chelsea has begun, with Manchester United passing the traditional red home shirt and Chelsea wearing a white shirt, with the colours of both sides distinctly interpreting the intense game going on.

It's not the first time Zhang Tiehan has set foot on Old Trafford. His predecessor had a lot of affection for this stadium, and those memories were buried deep in his psyche, so much so that he also had feelings for Old Trafford, in fact, when he was at Manchester United, he also played at Old Trafford, which was a good memory, and in that warm-up game, he helped Manchester United score a goal, but unfortunately that perfect game for him was ruined by C-Ronaldo, which shows what Zhang Tiehan thinks about C-Ronaldo.

Zhang Tiehan has never been a loser, although this incident was a few years ago, and now a few years later, he is a big star at Chelsea, and C-Ronaldo has also grown up at Manchester United and become a world-renowned star, but the hostility between the two has not changed.

He left Manchester United because of C-Ronaldo, whether it was right or wrong to leave, it was always C-Ronaldo's reason, he remembered the meanness of this Portuguese kid, and when he spat on C-Ronaldo before the game, Zhang Tiehan looked indifferent on the surface, but in fact, he was still a little annoyed in his heart.

He held back his feelings and brought all the qiē to the game.

This game must be won!

Even to prove something, Zhang Tiehan has to win at Old Trafford, which is proof to the United fans, to the top and bottom of Manchester United, and to all those who care about him.

The game had just begun, and Zhang Tiehan's blood was already boiling.

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The referee of this match was Howard Melton Webb, a famous referee in England. He only started playing the Premier League in 2002 and currently lives in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, where he was also a Rotherham fan since he was a child, but Rotherham has not been very good, so he focuses more on the top flight.

It is worth mentioning that Howard is a sheriff. Part of the South Yorkshire Police Force and based in Sheffield, he was a part-time football referee, but it brought in more income than his main job.

Howard has always had a reputation for impartiality.

In fact, Howard's pre-game officiation of the game was also related to Zhang Tiehan's pre-game remarks.

Zhang Tiehan talked about Ronaldo's fake fall, which is a fact recognized throughout Europe, and if others talked about it, Ferguson would definitely refute two sentences for his disciple. Can Zhang Tiehan...... The old jazz didn't open his mouth in the end, in fact, he was about to wrestle his wrist with Zhang Tiehan on the same stage, and he really wouldn't necessarily be the one who won, although he has a lot of influence in world football, but Ronaldo's fake fall is something that many ordinary fans know, not to mention. This matter was raised by Zhang Tiehan, and now Zhang Tiehan's influence has definitely reached the level of Beckham. He is widely regarded as the star player who will take over the captaincy of England's future and is the most expensive player in the world.

It is precisely because Zhang Tiehan talked about this that the Referees Association temporarily decided that Howard would officiate the game in order to maintain the fairness of the Referees Association.

English professional football is still very fair, compared to Serie A, which broke out this year's 'phonegate' incident, and La Liga, which has always been biased towards Real Madrid and Barcelona, English football is really fair. However, no matter how fair the league is, there is also injustice, and it has been recognized throughout England that the referee is biased towards Manchester United, which is related to the historical background of Manchester United, and also related to the relationship between some referee associations, the FA and Manchester United, in short, Manchester United is still treated preferentially by referees.

But no matter what. The referee will not openly favour Manchester United.

Especially the match between Chelsea and Manchester United, which is a match under the eyes of the whole world, is very important to the FA and the Referees' Association because it already represents the highest level of English football at the moment.

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At the beginning of the game, Sky TV commentator Alfi introduced the starting line-ups of both teams.

'United fielded the standard 442 formation today, with Robin van der Sar in goal, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Heinze at the rear.

'Paul Scholes in midfield, Carrick in midfield, Ronaldo in wing-backs and Ryan Giggs.

'The strikers partnered Wayne Rooney and Saha.

'It's the strongest squad United can come up with at the moment, and obviously the old Jazz are very serious about this game, United are currently only two points clear of Chelsea, and if they can beat Chelsea, they can regain the top spot in the league. Maybe the fans of Manchester United can't wait, because their results this season have been really good, but it's a pity that Chelsea's results are even better......"

'Chelsea's starting goalkeeper Marc Cudicini, the veteran who is fully recovered, congratulates him on being able to make it to the game. It reminds us of Cech, who is still recovering, and Reading's Pitter is such a thug......"

'In today's game, we can note that Chelsea's left wing-back started with Geremi, the midfield quartet was unchanged, Essien was still on the bench, and the forward combination of Shepchen and Drogba.

'Since Geremi moved Zhang to midfield, Essien has had a lot fewer appearances, but Chelsea's starting line-up is still defence-oriented, with Arjen Robben and Joe Cole not playing, and it is clear that they are still fighting for the initiative in midfield, relying on solid defence to deal with Manchester United's attack.

"But with Zhang Zai's midfield, the offensive ability will not be bad, we can expect this to be a wonderful game for you to win!"

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The game had just begun, and the two teams had a fierce confrontation.

The cheers of the fans in the audience resounded throughout the stadium, in this atmosphere, the players of the two teams quickly fell into a fierce game, but the players of both teams did not enter the state at the beginning, there were a lot of mistakes, and the ball was converted quickly, and the football was still at the feet of Chelsea in this second, and it was possible to be snatched back by Manchester United players in the next second.

As Alfi said, the two teams were very fierce in midfield.

Manchester United's midfield is more technical, but in terms of defensive toughness, it can never catch up with the midfield combination of Claude Makelele, Lampard, Ballack and Zhang Tiehan, but they play more technically, play well with passing, and do not fall behind.

Paul Scholes is at the heart of the midfield, leading the pace of United's attack, and many times a few passes can still penetrate the Chelsea midfield line, but it is also difficult for them to do something in the Chelsea half, and Chelsea's formation is still very defensive.

On the other hand, Chelsea, the offensive play is relatively a bit chaotic, relying more on the individual play of the players, but Zhang Tiehan's ability is quite outstanding, whenever the football reaches his feet, Manchester United has to retreat a lot to increase the defensive intensity, almost no Manchester United players will take the initiative to stretch out their feet to break the ball, especially near the middle line, directly stretching out the foot to break the ball often means that it is easy to be shaken, obviously Manchester United has made a lot of preparations before the game, and Zhang Tiehan's ability has also been studied and analyzed.

But it's a bit of an illusion that they want to stop Zhang Tiehan completely.

In this wave of attack, Zhang Tiehan used a direct long-range shot to make Manchester United players understand this truth, this is a position 30 meters outside the penalty area, Zhang Tiehan received a pass, only pulled it to the left side, and pulled the ball directly to the goal!

Rumble!

With a muffled thud, the football rushed towards Manchester United's goal!

Luckily, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar reacted quickly and swooped down to the left to save the net.

Despite this, Zhang Tiehan's shot still made Manchester United break out in a cold sweat, the ball was too sudden, the game was just five minutes into the game, Zhang Tiehan completed a long shot, before this shot, there was no sign at all, that is, receiving the pass like another pass, and then the pass became a shot.

This is a real cold shot...... A cold shot from 30 meters out of the goal.

Shooting from such a distance - such a precise and powerful ball - Manchester United felt terrible when you think about it.

"Zhang gave Manchester United a dismissal at the beginning!"

Sky TV commentator Alfi commented with a grin. (To be continued......)